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ARMENIA'S REPUBLICAN PARTY, ORINATS YERKIR TO BACK SARGSYAN IN 2013 ELECTION
Interfax
May 31 2012
Russia
The Armenian Republican Party, led by President Serzh Sargsyan,
and the Orinats Yerkir (the Rule of Law) party, headed by National
Security Council Secretary Artur Bagdasaryan, will support Sargsyan
as their candidate in next year's presidential election as part of a
coalition memorandum signed by the two parties in Yerevan on Wednesday.
"The parties agreed to support incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan
as their candidate in the presidential elections," Republican Party
spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov told journalists.
The new memorandum was signed in line with the two parties' coalition
agreement, dated 2008, he said.
In this document, Orinats Yerkir pledged to back Sargsyan in the 2013
presidential elections, after which it will be given three ministerial
posts, Sharmazanov said.
The Republican Party nominated Ovik Abramyan as the speaker of
Armenia's National Assembly (parliament), he said.
"Ovik Abramyan was nominated for the post of parliament speaker,
and Eduard Sharmazanov and Ermine Nagdalyan were named candidates
for the post of deputy speakers," he said.
All of these people are members of the Republican Party. Abramyan
officially resigned as parliament speaker on November 14, 2011,
following a decision to appoint him to head the party's election
campaign ahead of the parliamentary polls.
On May 24, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia party,
which came in second in the May 6 election, refused to form a coalition
with the Republican Party, which won the election, receiving 44.05%
of the vote.
Prosperous Armenia won 30.20% of the vote, and Orinats Yerkir 5.49%.
Before the parliamentary election, the Republican Party, Prosperous
Armenia, Orinats Yerkir and Dashnaktsutyun were members of the
country's ruling coalition. Dashnaktsutyun subsequently pulled out of
the coalition, citing its disagreement with the Armenian government's
policy toward the normalization process with Turkey.
Armenia's new parliament is due to hold its first session on May 31.
Interfax
May 31 2012
Russia
The Armenian Republican Party, led by President Serzh Sargsyan,
and the Orinats Yerkir (the Rule of Law) party, headed by National
Security Council Secretary Artur Bagdasaryan, will support Sargsyan
as their candidate in next year's presidential election as part of a
coalition memorandum signed by the two parties in Yerevan on Wednesday.
"The parties agreed to support incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan
as their candidate in the presidential elections," Republican Party
spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov told journalists.
The new memorandum was signed in line with the two parties' coalition
agreement, dated 2008, he said.
In this document, Orinats Yerkir pledged to back Sargsyan in the 2013
presidential elections, after which it will be given three ministerial
posts, Sharmazanov said.
The Republican Party nominated Ovik Abramyan as the speaker of
Armenia's National Assembly (parliament), he said.
"Ovik Abramyan was nominated for the post of parliament speaker,
and Eduard Sharmazanov and Ermine Nagdalyan were named candidates
for the post of deputy speakers," he said.
All of these people are members of the Republican Party. Abramyan
officially resigned as parliament speaker on November 14, 2011,
following a decision to appoint him to head the party's election
campaign ahead of the parliamentary polls.
On May 24, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia party,
which came in second in the May 6 election, refused to form a coalition
with the Republican Party, which won the election, receiving 44.05%
of the vote.
Prosperous Armenia won 30.20% of the vote, and Orinats Yerkir 5.49%.
Before the parliamentary election, the Republican Party, Prosperous
Armenia, Orinats Yerkir and Dashnaktsutyun were members of the
country's ruling coalition. Dashnaktsutyun subsequently pulled out of
the coalition, citing its disagreement with the Armenian government's
policy toward the normalization process with Turkey.
Armenia's new parliament is due to hold its first session on May 31.